Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 61 92
Rank change year-on-year +34 +31 +33
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 144 64 39
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.01% 3.75% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.01% 4.00% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 47 31
10th Percentile £343 £413 £400
25th Percentile £481 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +5.71% -14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £665 £665
90th Percentile £823 £755 £738
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £66.71 - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,055 1,601 1,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.70% 93.74% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,384 1,015 1,375
10th Percentile £363 £355 £353
25th Percentile £450 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £552 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -2.30% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 13
10th Percentile £17.45 £18.70 £19.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.21 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +8.57% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47.58 £46.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £61.83 £78.75 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £27.25 £28.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -4.39% +2.48% -20.54%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £550 -
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.17%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.69%) Apache
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (3.47%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.39%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.39%) Loan IQ
2 2 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.69%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.69%) Maximo
3 1 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.69%) SAP FI-AR
3 1 (0.69%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.69%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.53%) Azure
2 20 (13.89%) Power Platform
3 18 (12.50%) AWS
4 8 (5.56%) GCP
5 7 (4.86%) SaaS
6 5 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.78%) Serverless
7 4 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (2.08%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.08%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.39%) Amazon Bedrock
9 2 (1.39%) Amazon MSK
9 2 (1.39%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.39%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.08%) Network Security
2 1 (0.69%) Firewall
2 1 (0.69%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.69%) LAN
2 1 (0.69%) NAS
2 1 (0.69%) PSTN
2 1 (0.69%) SAN
2 1 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.69%) VLAN
2 1 (0.69%) VoIP
2 1 (0.69%) WAN
2 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.42%) Power BI
2 6 (4.17%) Metadata
3 4 (2.78%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.39%) Big Data
5 2 (1.39%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.39%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.39%) Tableau
6 1 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.69%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.69%) DataStage
6 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.69%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (11.81%) JIRA
2 1 (0.69%) GitLab
2 1 (0.69%) Zephyr
General
1 62 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 53 (36.81%) Finance
3 28 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (15.28%) Public Sector
5 15 (10.42%) Banking
6 5 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.78%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.78%) Front Office
7 4 (2.78%) Police
7 4 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.08%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.08%) Legal
8 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.39%) Military
9 2 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.39%) Retail
10 1 (0.69%) Law
10 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (19.44%) Analyst
2 24 (16.67%) Architect
3 20 (13.89%) Business Analyst
4 19 (13.19%) Lead
5 16 (11.11%) Project Manager
6 13 (9.03%) Senior
7 8 (5.56%) Consultant
8 7 (4.86%) Data Architect
9 6 (4.17%) Security Architect
9 6 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.17%) Technical Leader
10 5 (3.47%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 5 (3.47%) Banking Analyst
10 5 (3.47%) Change Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Junior
10 5 (3.47%) Security Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Strategy Architect
10 5 (3.47%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.78%) LangChain
1 4 (2.78%) LangGraph
2 3 (2.08%) PySpark
3 2 (1.39%) JSON
3 2 (1.39%) Spring
3 2 (1.39%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.69%) .NET
4 1 (0.69%) EDI
4 1 (0.69%) Kafka
4 1 (0.69%) Middleware
4 1 (0.69%) Next.js
4 1 (0.69%) Pandas
4 1 (0.69%) Playwright
4 1 (0.69%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.69%) React
4 1 (0.69%) REST
4 1 (0.69%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.69%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.69%) XML
4 1 (0.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.64%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.47%) AI Agents
3 5 (3.47%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.78%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.08%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.08%) Derivative
5 3 (2.08%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.39%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.69%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.69%) CSOC
7 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.69%) Linux
1 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 32 (22.22%) Agile
3 29 (20.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (17.36%) Decision-Making
5 24 (16.67%) AI
5 24 (16.67%) Migration
6 23 (15.97%) Analytics
7 22 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (13.89%) Roadmaps
9 18 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (12.50%) Project Delivery
10 17 (11.81%) Project Management
11 15 (10.42%) Change Management
11 15 (10.42%) DevOps
11 15 (10.42%) Requirements Gathering
12 14 (9.72%) Risk Management
13 13 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (8.33%) CI/CD
14 12 (8.33%) Validation
15 11 (7.64%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.94%) SQL
2 9 (6.25%) Python
3 3 (2.08%) Bicep
3 3 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (2.08%) Java
4 2 (1.39%) C#
4 2 (1.39%) Korn
4 2 (1.39%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.69%) Scala
5 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.97%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.86%) Degree
4 5 (3.47%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.08%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.08%) PMP
6 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.39%) CEH
6 2 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.69%) ACCA
7 1 (0.69%) CCNA
7 1 (0.69%) CCSK
7 1 (0.69%) CFA
7 1 (0.69%) CISSP
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.69%) RIBA
7 1 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.64%) QA
3 7 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.86%) NIST
3 7 (4.86%) PMO
4 4 (2.78%) NCSC
5 3 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.08%) GDPR
5 3 (2.08%) SLA
6 2 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.39%) GRC
6 2 (1.39%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.69%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.69%) IFRS
7 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.69%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.69%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.69%) NFS
2 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.78%) Terraform
2 3 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.69%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.69%) vMotion
Vendors
1 32 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.25%) Databricks
3 7 (4.86%) SAP
3 7 (4.86%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.08%) Remedy
5 2 (1.39%) BMC
5 2 (1.39%) Charles River
5 2 (1.39%) Cisco
5 2 (1.39%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.39%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.39%) Oracle
5 2 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.69%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.69%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.69%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.69%) IFS
6 1 (0.69%) Palantir
6 1 (0.69%) Planon
6 1 (0.69%) Pure Storage
6 1 (0.69%) Qualtrics